CULTURE OF EAST INDIA- ANDAMAN CONT

CULTURE OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

Clothing in Andaman and the Nicobar islands

Every region of India displays its own culture along with their language, religion and clothing styles. According to the Indian culture, both the men and women are expected to dress up in a civilized manner. But surprisingly enough, there still exists an isolated culture in India where people hardly care for covering their body with any clothes. Whereas modern dressing styles and ultra modern attires are ruling the multiplex markets and shopping malls in the cities of India and other parts of the world, the peasants of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are still far away from the touch of modernity. There is no such specific attire in Andaman and Nicobar islands. 
Till date there are many people from Andaman and Nicobar Islands who do not wear any dress. This is mainly due to their detachment from the civilized world. The Sentinelese people still move naked in the islands. 

The semi civilized Shompens only use clothes below their waist line. It is only the people of the Car Nicobar Islands who have become much modernized. Thus they wear some modern clothes and has left wearing their traditional dresses of those made of coconut leaves. The Jarawas make beautiful items with shell and barks of tree to wear them as necklace, waist and arm bands. Clothing in Andaman and Nicobar islands have come up only recently.

MUSIC AND DANCE

Whenever we think of Music and dance of a country or a state, through them we wish to see the true culture that has been prevailing for centuries. The case is no different in Andaman and Nicobar either. Tourists want to witness the dance or music performances of Andaman and Nicobar to get a hang of age-old tribal culture thriving here even before the recorded history. The dances depict the social life of these tribes. And music generally accompany these dances.

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